Deccan Chronicle Gadgets News

New Delhi: If you're looking to buy a smart watch that functions as a workout buddy and more, hurry. Huawei is offering six months no-cost EMI on its GT 2e and also AM61 Bluetooth earphones free of cost. The offers apply to customers purchasing from Amazon or Flipkart. Purchases made till May 28 are eligible for the no-cost EMI scheme, whereas if you also want the free...

Chennai: Several communities across the world whose women have had to walk several kilometres everyday to fetch water for daily use would now be struggling for drinking water as their movement is restricted by the coronavirus lockdown. Offering a solution is Lifestraw, which turns dirty water drinkable. LifeStraw technology gets rid of parasites, bacteria and...

New Delhi: Three alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed a drone equipped with infrared camera which can help in thermal screening of groups without human intervention and identify likely COVID-19 infected persons at an early stage once the lockdown is lifted. The drone also has a loudspeaker which can be used by personnel to monitor...

Chennai: As China reopens its factories after the coronavirus scourge, the launch of Huawei's GT 2E piques some interest. The sporty upgrade to the Huawei GT 2 is targeted specifically at fitness buffs, and seems to have preempted Apple's release of a free fitness app that would sync with the Apple and provide guided workouts. The Huawei GT 2E comes loaded with 100 workout modes—15...

New Delhi: A group of students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, has developed a drone with an automated sprayer to sanitise large areas including roads, parks and footpaths, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The student group, which has a start-up called "Racerfly", has approached the Assam and Uttarakhand governments offering to...

New Delhi: A group of students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, has developed a drone with an automated sprayer to sanitise large areas including roads, parks and footpaths, to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The student group, which has a start-up called "Racerfly", has approached the Assam and Uttarakhand governments offering to...

Paris: Disney+ is about to expand its streaming service to Europe just as large swathes of the continent are locked down because of the coronavirus. It had also begun testing in India on the Hotstar platform. Here are some of the main streamers competing to entertain the millions in COVID-19 confinement across the world. Netflix: The American giant, which dominates...

Dubai: A class seven Indian student in the UAE has built a robot to dispense hand sanitiser to help with maintaining hygiene while social distancing. The robot detects a hand at a distance of 30 cm and squirts a drop of sanitiser fluid on to the hand. Siddh Sanghvi, a student of Spring Dales Schools in Dubai, said his mother showed him a video where people were...

Bangkok: Thai hospitals are deploying 'ninja robots' to measure fevers and protect the health of overburdened medical workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. Built to monitor recovering stroke patients, the machines have been repurposed to help fight the disease, which has killed more than 11,000 people around the world. They help staff at...

Beijing: While other industries struggle, Liu Zhiyong says China's virus outbreak is boosting demand for his knee-high, bright yellow robots to deliver groceries and patrol malls looking for shoppers who fail to wear masks. Liu, CEO of ZhenRobotics Corp., is among millions of entrepreneurs who are gradually getting back to work after China declared victory over the...

Chennai: Safety remains a concern for women despite laws having been strengthened in the wake of the brutal Nirbhaya gang rape and murder on a moving bus in the national capital seven years ago. Now, women are increasingly seeking technology-based solutions to make their commute safer. Apps and wearable gadgets, most of which allow tracking by family members, make...